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Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
